Churchyard Walls and Gate Piers to St Mary's Abbey Church is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 February 1975. Churchyard walls, gate piers.
Churchyard Walls and Gate Piers to St Mary's Abbey Church
- WRENN ID
- iron-cobalt-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1975
- Type
- Churchyard walls, gate piers
- Address
- Churchyard Walls and Gate Piers to St Mary's Abbey Church, Margam
- OS grid reference
- SS 801 863
- Coordinates
- 51.56286, -3.731
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The churchyard walls and gate piers to St Mary's Abbey Church date from the 18th century. They feature a pair of gate piers made of ashlar stone, shaped in a cruciform section. These piers support capped upstands on decorated corbels, with a projecting band beneath. Between the piers are ornate double cast iron gates. The top rails of the gates curve upward towards the center, where they are adorned with fleur-de-lis finials and a frieze of scroll-work. The uprights are bound with bands of linked ovals and have arched heads topped with ornate pendant finials. The lock bar also features scroll-work, and there are low dog rails with tall pointed finials set within curved motifs, along with stylised crosses in the bottom angles.
The churchyard walls, which flank the gates, are constructed of rubble stone and vary in height. Some areas retain saddleback coping, while others are rendered. There are remains of former openings in the north wall, which are now blocked. A late 20th-century entrance with a round arch is located immediately north of the Stones Museum, beyond which is a small lean-to structure.
Local climate
Churchyard Walls and Gate Piers to St Mary's Abbey Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Stones Museum
- Margam Orangery
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- Terrace with Pools and Flower Beds Fronting Margam Orangery
- Ruins of Chapter House and Vestibule of St Mary's Abbey
- Ruined Undercroft at St Mary's Abbey